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Sonning Common road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 271 road traffic collisions in Sonning Common, South Oxfordshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 359 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 46 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
271
1,653rd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
359
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
46
49 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Sonning Common

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal20.7%
  • Serious4617%
  • Slight22382%

What the data shows

  • Sonning Common had 19 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 55% fewer than the 42 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Sonning Common were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 44 children under 16 were killed or injured in Sonning Common, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 41% of collisions in Sonning Common.

Where Sonning Common ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,653rd
Most casualties
1,617th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,829th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday43 (16%)
  • Tuesday46 (17%)
  • Wednesday40 (15%)
  • Thursday47 (17%)
  • Friday47 (17%)
  • Saturday25 (9.2%)
  • Sunday23 (8.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight187 (69%)
  • Dark, no street lighting53 (20%)
  • Dark, street lights lit29 (11%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway266 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (1.5%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (1.1%)
  • 30 mph219 (81%)
  • 40 mph17 (6.3%)
  • 60 mph32 (12%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds205 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds38 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (2.2%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1.8%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1.1%)
  • Other12 (4.4%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant209 (58%)
  • Motorcyclist59 (16%)
  • Pedestrian41 (11%)
  • Cyclist32 (8.9%)
  • Van occupant9 (2.5%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (1.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Sonning Common road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Sonning Common, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Sonning Common peaked at 15 in 1995; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202525
202411
202300
202200
202148
202011
201956
201822
201712
201633
201556
201458
201322
201234
201167
201022
200935
200822
200768
2006810
200544
200478
200345
2002610
2001812
200011
1999810
19981112
199788
199679
19951517
199459
199347
199269
19911219
1990814
198958
1988915
19871111
19861115
198555
198456
19831113
19821012
19811112
1980813
19791013

Map of recent crashes in Sonning Common

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Sonning Common

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Sonning Common

The 24 most recent collisions in Sonning Common happened between 25 March 2015 and 27 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Sonning Common

Of the 271 collisions in Sonning Common, 91 were on the B481.

Collisions in Sonning Common on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB48191127020

Council area for Sonning Common

Sonning Common is in South Oxfordshire, where police recorded 19,707 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Sonning Common accounts for 1.4% of them.

Postcode districts in Sonning Common

Collisions in Sonning Common were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by RG4 (150) and RG9 (121).